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Friday, 11 August 2017

An item dated Surabaya, Dutch East Indies 28 September 1886 reported that the Salak was fitted out with a new boiler and to be commissioned again. Her armament was changed into 1-12cm K.A. nr. 1 mounted on a lifted platform above the bow and 1-7,5cm gun mounted on the aft ship both able to fire straight ahead, needed while she served the most of her time on the rivers in the archipelago. Further more had she 2-12cm K.A. no. 1 on the half deck for broadside fire.(1)

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1. Paddle steamship 4th class, call sign GQTD, iron-built, built for the Department of Colonies, launched at the shipyard of Ned. Stoomboot Mij., Fijenoord, Netherlands with yard number 85 in 1874, assembled at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, commissioned on 26/27 December 1877, repaired in 1886, arrival at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies on 23 May 1889, after examination concluded not worth the be repaired, condemned, decommissioned on 13 July 1889, sold with engine and boilers at 10.00 o’clock on 14 September 1889, armament 3 (original: 1 rifled 16cm, 2-13cm guns)-4 (1886: 3-12cm guns, 1-7,5cm gun) guns and a crew numbering 59-69 (47 Europeans, 22 natives).

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My father (Ron) and I (Alexander) are doing research in the topic navies and trading companies in the period 1500-present. My mother Karin helped my father early 1980's with research and nowadays she is almost daily photographing the ships passing on the river Schelde.
My father started his research more as 40 years ago. First he was interested in the Dutch navy and the navies in the Second World War , later in the period 19th century-present and about 20 years he started his research in the topic navies 1500-1860, in fact the era of the sailing warships including the galleys and the trading companies like the Dutch E.I.C. and the W.I.C.
My self, I’m interested in the topic navies 1860-present especially Russian built warships and Dutch warships and further more sailing ships over the whole period.
Together we are busy with photographing, drawing and doing research in archives, literature and on the web trying to collect every kind of information and sharing that with others without commercial thoughts just because we are ship lovers and fond of naval history.